Raining Cats and Bunnies: November 2006

Thursday, November 30, 2006

it's all on the dough! yippie!

EVER Heard of Pillsbury cake mix?
i think this kind of "easy-to-bake-off-the-oven" cakes have been in the market for a long long time now.
i haven't tried one before...
only made a chocolate cake with Pres ( remembering the part where she poured cold water into the cake mix, to make it harder when it is done)
Genius! that girl! ^^
And... my first time baking a butter cake....orange peel and all ^^
hand beaten okay!!!!
that was thanks to my paternal side granny. love her.

well, this time, it was lemon moist cake.
the cake mix was bought by aunty yoke. ^^
i think she actually waited for me to make time to bake with her.
it's really very simple.
Even Kumasan could do it so well! @@
i was too busy working the beating machine that i forgot totally about taking pictures of the mix.

8oz water

1/3 cup of vege oil

3 eggs

everything poured into the mixing bowl and start the machine in slow dial.
beat for 2 minutes and yupz!
ready to pour it in a baking tray.

we didn't have a Big-enough oven, so, aunty yoke prepared tiny cupcake holder ^^
cute ones with scribbles/lines on the sides.
well, not as cute as i have imagined it to be.. but these cups look really 50's ^^

tanning in the oven~

Half-way tanning~~

Golden Brown Baked lemon Moist cup cakes!~*

oh, these are macadamias.
aunty yoke overn baked them.
she was complaining how black it had turned out to be
as compared to those sold in the market ^^"

but i really think it looks gorgeous!
Tasted like Heaven too.
Kumasan finished off the last home roasted pack ^^"

Watch those calories !

// posted by wenwey @ 9:00:00 AM 0 comments

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Welcome to Islamabad, Pakistan

It's been a bout a month since my return. It's time I give you guys an idea of what's happening at the other side of the world, which I doubt you will be going there throughout the rest of your life, even if you have the 'monies' to spend :p

Check out the pics above with a brief description on each of them below:
Row1 (L-R): Shah Faizal Mosque, Centaurus, the completed Centaurus Project
Row2 (L-R): company's canteen, my room, shoplots in Jinnah
Row3 (L-R): a car (Duh!), a surprise mooncake left on my table, fruit stall
Row4 (L-R): my groceries, a nearby hospital, Subway half-eaten sandwich
Row5 (L-R): Stray cat, pastries from United Bakery, pink toilet paper roll
Row6 (L-R): air-cond in the elevator, delicious MangoShake, the juice bar
Row7 (L-R): largest bookstore (Book Bank!), shops, construction using tree trunks
Row8 (L-R): life-size BBQ (even BBQed an entire cow), HangTen, street-french fries
Row9 (L-R): office view, breakfast, yet another one
Row10 (L-R): my office in that building, place where I stayed, KFC (RM12 for a snack plate!)
Row11 (L-R): Khulfa dessert, duty-free shops in Lahore

// posted by wenwey @ 9:25:00 PM 0 comments